When the 15 Square Meter sloop VIXEN needed a new trunk cabin to top off her restoration, building it off-the-boat as a sub-assembly fell to Norman Whyte of Brooklin Boat Yard, a skilled Scottish boatbuilder who has long worked here. He had the old unit to go by, so could construct a duplicate at the same time as VIXEN herself was having her hull rebuilt. Lsten to Norm describe the whys and hows to OCH’s Eric Blake in the following video clip.
Preview: Viva Vixen; New Life for a 15-Square Meter Sloop, Part 2
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Iain Oughtred says:
Excited and delighted to see them making such a fine job of rebuilding the Vixen. What an exquisite little yacht. But just a wee bit sad to see her painted. Certainly some of the bits of replaced planking did not match too well; i would have put up with that, expecting them to fade and more-or-less match up in 10 or 20 years!
Geoff Wade says:
Oh I really like these 2 about Vixen, well done to everyone who had a hand in them.